Cesar del Valle Barreda to Speak at St. Norbert College

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From St. Norbert College, January 24, 2019
by Hailey Barron, hailey.barron@snc.edu , (920) 403-3089

The Center for Norbertine Studies at St. Norbert College will host César del Valle Barreda for a lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. in Dudley Birder Hall on the college’s campus, 400 Grant St. Del Valle Barreda will present the lecture, “Santa María la Real: Origin, Splendor, Decline and Revival of a Monastery.” The event is free and open to the public.
Del Valle Barreda graduated from the University of Valladolid in 2003 with a degree in art history and received a Master in Assessment and Management of Historic-Artistic Heritage from the University of Salamanca in 2004. He has worked at the Santa María la Real Foundation for Historical Heritage since 2005 and is currently the coordinator of the ROM Museum: Romanesque and Territory. He has written more than 12 books and chapters on Romanesque art, including “Todo el Románico de Burgos” and “Todo el Románico de Palencia,” as well as seven chapters on churches in the Enciclopedia del Románico.

The Center for Norbertine Studies is a collaborative partnership of St. Norbert College and the Norbertine order. The purpose of the center is to study, reflect upon and disseminate knowledge and understanding of how the Norbertine motto docere verbo et exemplo, "to teach by word and example," is embodied and carried into the future in the context of the Catholic liberal arts tradition of the college.

For more information about del Valle Barreda’s lecture or the Center for Norbertine Studies, contact Rosemary Sands, director of the center, at rosemary.sands@snc.edu or 920-403-3496.